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SSP/FEB99/E/06/200 Q.3. Write short notes on any TWO of the following. BOCHASANWASI SHRI AKSHARPURUSHOTTAM SANSTHA (12 lines each) 8 SATSANG SHIKSHAN PARIKSHA 1. Place of Pilgrimage. SATSANG PRAVIN 2. Swayamprakashanand Swami. 3. Jetha Mer. PAPER-2 4. Satsangijivan. Q.4. Answer ALL of the following, using one sentence for Date : 21st FEBRUARY 1999 each. 6 Time : 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. TOTAL MARKS : 100 1. Why did Maharaj name Kalyandas Adbhutanand? Note : Figures to the right indicate the marks for that question. 2. List the 5 cardinal codes of conduct for householders. SECTION-1 3. Who wrote the Bhaktachintamani? 4. What does 'Saparshad Dhyan' mean? (KISHORE SATSANG PRAVIN) 5. How can one earn the merits of reciting all the verses Q.1 For any TWO of the following, state who is speaking of the Bhaktachintamani? to whom and when the words were spoken. 6 6. Who composed the Janmangal Stotram (108 names of Shreeji Maharaj) 1. "I was instigated and deployed by Jiva Khachar. I am innocent." Q.5. Either Complete and explain the given : 5 2. "You will be blessed and redeemed just like Muktanand God does not look at the wrongs committed by man...... (Bhagwan jivna gunaa.....) Swami." 3. "If I were a non-believer haing no faith in the OR omniscience of Maharaj, I would certainly send a Explain Vachanamrita :- Gadhada Section I, No. 22 message like that." Q.6. Write a short notes on any ONE of the following . 4. "Our conscience consents." (in 15 lines) 5 1. Commandments (Agna) Q.2. Explain any TWO of the following giving the reasons. 2. Sura Khachar (12 lines each) 8 3. Rambai 1. Uka Khachar who always came early, came late. Q.7. Complete any THREE of the following. 6 2. The bawas who came to kill the paramhansas, fled 1. Shira par pushpano...... shobhe ganero. from Khokhra. 2. Shiksharthamatra...... prapadye. 3. Rajabhai of Khorasa decided to renounce. 3. Rasiyaa joi rupaali ...... anupam saar chhe re lol. 4. The banias of Bandhiya prayed to Maharaj to padon 4. Vali tamare vishe jivan ...... na bhuliye hari. them. 5. Brahmabhutaha prasanaatma......

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SECTION - 2 5. From where, and on what date, did (GUNATITANAND SWAMI) return to Akshardham? Q.8. For any TWO of the following, state who is speaking Q.12.Write short notes on any TWO of the following and to whom and when the words were spoken. 6 bring out the moral. (12 lines each) 8 1. "Please walk looking straight ahead because the land 1. Subtle penance. is uneven and you might lose balance." 2. Prayer for the persecutor. 2. "You are indeed ." 3. Worldly thorns. 3. "Bhai, this is a diamond wrapped in rags." 4. Samadhi of Tulsi Dave. 4. "The Ganges river cannot flow in the reverse direction." SECTION - 3 Q.9. Explain any TWO of the following giving the reasons. (With reference to the Satsang Parichay-3rd year (12 lines each) 8 examination books.) 1. Swami stopped taking milk for the rest of his life. Q.13.Write notes on any THREE of the following 2. On his way to answer the call of nature, Swami became (30 lines each). 21 unconcious and fell down. 1. Bhagatji Maharaj excommunicated 3. Shephards adopted the vartmans from Swami. [OR] 4. Mavji Mistryand Musabhai's business flourished. Grand Reception in Junagadh. Q.10. Write concisely on any TWO of the following. 2. Paramchaityanand Swami (12 lines each) 8 [OR] 1. My Akshardham Gordhanbhai 2. One who serves is a Mahant. 3. Nityanand Swami's scholarly skills. 3. Affectionate towards devotees. 4. Sacred and purifying influence of a true sadhu. [OR] Laduba's devotion Q.11.Answer ALL of the following, using only one sentence for each. 5 4. Interview with Bishop Hebber. [OR] 1. What gloryof Gunatitanand Swami did Maharaj reveal Be merciful to us. to Kalyanbhai of Panchala? 2. What returned to Akshardham, what advice did he give to Shivlal Sheth? 3. The supremacy of Maharaj was revealed by Gunatitanand Swami to which 116 year-old paramhansa? 4. What did Gunatitanand Swami say to Hariswaroopdas after garlanding him? 06 2